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.MHHHII Illll llllllllllll ll Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED ASTATES 1,723,246 PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. MANSON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T MANSONS LIMITED, 0F HAWKESBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION.

CONTAINER.

` .Application `filed February lIS, 1925. Serial No. 7,099.

This invention relates to improvements in containers of the type` manufactured in part or entirely from fibre or pulp board and more especially to the type from-which the four sides of the container are formed from a sheet or sheets of pulp board designed to be secured to end frames or members by nailing or the like and the objects of the invention are to enable the sheet of fibrous material to be firmly secured to the end frames or members and to prevent tearing of the nails or other fastening means through the sheet of fibrous material, as `hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the present specification and the accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of an embodiment of the invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the sheet of fibrous material from which the sides of the box are to be formed,

Fi re 3 is a sectional detail through the end astening,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary erspective view' showing a corner of the si e member, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view showing an alternative form of end member. In'the drawings like characters 'of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure. c

Referring to the drawings, A and B repsheet from which the four sides of the container are formed by folding, the sheet being A conveniently creased along spaced lines 10, 11 and 12, so that it may be conveniently folded to form the sides of the. container. Containers of this form, having the ends formed of wooden frames, are well known in the art.

When the sheet forming the side members in such a construction is fastened in the o rdinary way by nails to the end member or frame, the nails are likely to tear through the thin fibrous sheet. To vavoid this I attach to the edges of the fibrous sheet reinforcing strips 13 and 14, Awhich are conveniently stitched through and folded therewith, such reinforcing strips being preferably on the inner side of the sheet although ifddesired they may be placed on the outer si e.

resent the end members or frame and C the The members A and B may be of any convenient design. In the Figures 1 to 3, the members are formed from a rectangular wooden frame 15, the centre of which is filled with a suitably shaped section of fibrous material 16. In Figure 5 I have shown end member "17, itself formed of fibrous material, having a flange 18 to which the fastening means are designed to be secured.

One of the advantages of the present form of construction is that the reinforcing strips '13 and14 may be attached by the manufacturer of the fibre board and will be in a position ready for use when the material isI folded about the end members. The fastening nails are then driven through the ends of the members C as well as through the reinforcing strips 13 and 14, which thereby gives increased purchase to the nails and thereby holds the parts firmly together.

As shown in Figure 2, the strips 13 and 14 project along a /distance from the end of the sheet C in a longitudinal direction, so that when folded they may overlap the opposite end. v

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claim, constructed, without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted in au illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claimas my invention is:

As a new article of manufacture, a container formed with flush joints and an uninterrupted exterior surface comprising a single sheet of fibrous material transversely creased and folded at spaced intervals tov provide sides, separately formed continuous reinforcing strips secured vto the inner face ofthe sheet adjacent the edges to form a rigid support for fastening means, said strips projecting to overlap a portion ofthe sheetwithout overlapping the other ends of the strips, hollow squared and'rigid end members for the container, and fasteners extending through the sides and the reinforcing strips into the end members substantially as described. h Ini witness whereof I have hereunto set my FREDERICK MANSON. 

